Derives Quotes

We will have at the end of this process a government that derives its legitimacy from the free desire of the Iraqi people. - Adnan Pachachi

We continue to believe we can generate compound annualized revenue growth, including 50% of the revenues from the joint ventures from which the company derives equity income, of between 4 to 6% through 2010. We also believe we can deliver double-digit compound earnings growth, excluding restructuring charges, over the next three to five years. - Richard Clark

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them. - James L. Buckley

Understand that society is the source of whatever pleasure one derives and whatever wealth one achieves in life. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. - Paul Tsongas

This position derives from a very simple fact, from an elementary consideration that we want a governor that is as independent as possible from the political powers. - Romano Prodi

They emphasize the viewpoint that the protracted economic stagnation in Japan derives from incomplete economic adjustments to significant changes in relative prices. - Toshihiko Fukui

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. - Confucius

The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code of manners and a native cuisine. Both are apt to suffer when life is regarded as a means to something else. Efficiency and charm are mortal enemies, and Southern charm indubitably derives from a carelessness about the efficient aspects of life. - Richard Weaver